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LITERATURE A ROMANCE OF VENICE. 3 Vox s. Bentley, London, 1338. The in c id ents of this story are put together with much !skill, and follow each other in natural sequence. We will just briefly mention the main features of the tale. An Austrian Nobleman, Count Alderberg, young, handsome, ch, and of the ro.-,)st illustrious descent,. has married, while inri England, Mary Regnold, with whom he lives in a state Foofnpeeyrfect r datrinionial felicity for the exact period of the rno - :,n, which, by ' the bye, is spent among the romantic i Tec B l:s of the Tyrol. At the expiration of that period 1 •40 Count begins to tire of his young wife, and to be somewhat as h ame d of having married beneath himself ; accordingly he deserts her one day, and flies off to Vienna, leaving a letter behind him in which he promises to provide for her future welfare, if she will consent to keep their marriage a profound secret. Disgusted %;ith such conduct, the high-spirited Countess accompanied by her infant son, follow s her truant Lord to the Austrian capital, and ob tains an interview with the Emperor, to whom she relates her story, though without mentioning her recreant hus band's name. She is requested to present herself at the levee the next day ; but, in the meantime she has been re cognisedby the Count who watched her while she entered the Palace, leaving her child in his nurse's arms at thegates; and who succeeds by dint of threats and stratagems, in conveying away both mother and child to a castle at some distance from Vienna. Here both are kept in close confinement under the superintendence of a Jew pawnbroker ; but the Countess ultimately effects her escape, and on condition that she will take an oath never to divulge her marriage, is allowed by Count Alderberg to live in retirement on a decent stipend remitted to her by himself, while he undertakes the education of his son, whom he introduces at Court, where he becomes a favourite, nothwithstanding the supposed illegitimacy of his birth. Eventually the Countess's marriage is discovered ; her husband is compelled to acknowledge her ; and their son marries a lady of noble birth, and as a matter of course— for so all novels terminate—" lives very happy afterwards." Such is a slight sketch of the main incidents in Mrs. Trol lope's last tale. There is no deficiency of spirit or ability in the volumes, but the more vigorously pourtrayed cha racters are made so repulsive, and the amiable ones so in sipid, that we cannot take the interest in them that we could desire. Mrs. Trollope is one of the sternest and most masculine writers of the age, without the slightest idea of gentleness or refinement of feeling. She regards humanity with the cynical eye of a Swift, and seem s to take a pleasure and a pride in perversely deepen ing its darker shades. Her sketch of the Jew, Imla Balthazar, of his malignant mother, his wife Ruth, and, in deed, his whole household, are pourtrayed with a caustic, heartless severity, that would have delighted the creator of the Yahoos. It is in sketches such as these, full of—we cant but t hi n k —misdirected power, that Mrs. Trollope's ge excelle nce li es. How terse, for instance, and ener .tc, yet faulty in t aste , i s t h e f o ll ow i ng a dd ress to a J ew, 'latch she puts into the mouth of a Christian woman, whom he has wrongfully imrisoned! :` He ar me p thou a scum of human kind—hated of the Fath er , t r u pon of , the Vi rg i n, and forgotten of the Son! Hear me, trigtoo, 41 thy cind er s if ted from the ashes of the Heathens They r eyaap s are left to rest, but thou art preserved alive, to burn t and glowin in the flames of H e ll. H ear me , th ou miscreant Jew l" g i2. l . rB ..Trollop e ' s v i rtuous males and females are the most t ": 1 1md in th e world. Countess Alderberg is a pretty, B air _ e blonde --a sort of cross between a wax-doll and a maid ; Ferdinand, her son, is not much better ; and as for Prince Sully, he is a bore, only to be tolerated be cause he h e is seldom brought forward. But the whole Jew liz ; the dandy, picurean Count, and the half-civi _ ,cu Tyrolese peasant Wagner, and her daughter Peppe, r w a n c e t has a true spice of the devil in her—all these cha- Yeters are replete with life, vigour and individuality. linw strange that an Enlish authoress should most excel in portraits such as these, and fail only when should refinement , and grace, and tenderness are needed ! We by titty or like much to see a portrait of Mrs. Trollope, painted Pickersgoll ; for—judging from her works—we d imaineCommanding toe a lady tolerably well stricken in oa'erurs w ; do' as figure•• stern, cast-iron visage ; and h t ° a fist like a quartern-loaf, that could floor her pub lic. With a folio. much ease as Doctor Johnson floored his FIRST We s r escrus eLD BILLINa, M.D. _P.RINCIPLES OF L M on -E d o p n . 1 - C l 1. 8 N 3 B E . . We seld om permit ourselves to diverge from thepatho h f general literat ure to the survey o f wor k s connected with Particular s ciences . Our exceptions to this rule are for the most parti o rof medical treatises, written, like the one before ' Us fav with u a view rather to benefit the public generally than to 'in ' serve for the learned guidance of the pro fessors cf the ealing art. Dr. Billity , commences his book pro with a clearand interesting account of the processes of diges tion "(I absorption —and the growth, decay, and reewal of . th e Parts of the human body. The mechanism of he n st rcula tion of the blood follows, and is treated in a style at once Clear, s i mple, and impressive. The following brief extract "erns to us to place in a true light a question which has been the source of much controversy among medic a l writers : " The contraction of the heart is muscular—that of the arteries is elastic. The heart contracts and relaxes alter nately. The arteries keep up a constant contractile pressure on their contents ; not, as has been commonly supposed, an alternate contraction and relaxation, but a continued contrac tile effort, which is overcome by the action of the heart. * • Their tendency to contract causes them to close, Co as to keep always full, and to preserve a constant stream of the blood even during the temporary relaxation of the heart (as during fainting from loss of blood, & c .) and the arteries yielding and adapting themselves to the pressure of the heart, and re -contracting upon their contents, whilst the heart is re laxed and filling, is the cause of the equability of the stream in the veins; nay, the stream in the arteries jets t h an is supposed b is much less in y those wh o j u d ge from the mode of its flowing fro m a wounded artery ; for th oug h , w h en there is a free escape from the wound, the impulse of the heart causes An unequal stream, it must be remembered that in the tube, !in/founded that force would have )semi expended in stretch ing the artery, whereas the artery, when wounded, ceases to '1 other th an as a simple tube, the elasticity not being called wound ope " ration on acc ount o f the escape of the blood from the r, r.lYraptorns Billing e n t ers very largely into an examination of the indicativ e o f t h e various diseases to which the human frame is internally liable, more especially those which effect the heart. U nw illi ng ourselves to offer a decided P in i°° upon a su bj ect o f such importance to the community generally, we prefer recommending his book to notice, to an y stron g a d vocacy on our part of his peculiar views and °Pinions ---though indi v id ua ll y di sposed to regard them as linwell founded. The non-professional reader will find in it a a3B of mo s t use f ul i nformation conveyed in the plainest " Page ; and such a reader will readily unite with us in Pronoun cing the ab sence o f pro f essional technicalities in a rnedical work no slight merit. FINE ARTS. _ 771 E MEETING OF HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1838. For thi s splendid engraving, which is executed inthe v ery fir s t sty l e of art, we are indebted to Mr. Bromley. The ori g i na l p i cture, from which the plate is taken, is the Producti on o f M r . F. G rant—a gentleman who . combines ih, W ith his k now l e d ge o f art , an i nt i mate acqnamtance with, and r e li s h f or, t h e sports of the field. His picture wasex_ hibited at:the Nati ona l G a ll ery a year or twosince, where as an it attracted genera l not i ce ; and in its present form e ngraving, we feel persuaded that it will not be less attrac tive. It represents the meeting of the Queen's Stag Hound: 13 t. Ascot Heatb, just previous to a run. The foreground Mad e up o f a crowd of sportsmen, who are conversing to gether i n we ll- arrange d groupes, attired, each man, in the Mo st natty and knowi ng cos t ume o f t h e field. Some of t hem are characters not a littl e ce l e b rate d i n t h e annals of f ashion and the turf, and the likenesses are so accurate that their identity cannot be questioned for an instant. ~Who, for instance , can fail to recognise the Count u'Orsay—that most popular of modern aristocratic dan (lies---with his small, symmetrical, but somewhat inexpres- SiVe, features ; his luxuriant whiskers, which are a perfect co ppice ; hi s p o li shed satin neck-cloth, frock-coat lined with White kerseymere, and leathers and boots, each of which exhibits the ne plus ultra of perfection ? Then again we h have il Lord Adolph us Fi tzclarence, with his round, good vMoured face, th a t rem i nds us agreeably or old William the " r th ; the Duke of Beaufort —the most accomplished Beaufort— coachman of his day, whose science is highly esteemed by all the stable -keepers on the Brighton road, who look up all his Grace as a genius of the first water ; Lord Chester ,n,eld, the Master of the Stag Hounds, and who shows as t.e very model of a true English sportsman together With I a vari e t y of other sporting characters, whose opinions srve great weight et T attersall's, and are oracular at the ". e kes Club. All these personages are hit off w M irabl e sp i r i t, and without the slightest tincture o ith ad- f that 111annerism i n w hi ch professional artists are but too prone : indulge. The figure of Count DOrsay, in particular, 1 . . inimitable. His very attitude, as' he leans negligently, With an air of consummate non-chalance, on his massive tinning whip, is to the life. The engraver has played his 1 1 : 41 !t quite as successfully as the painter. The bustle and oimnation of the picture, and the dexterous arrangement its I the numerous groupes that are interspersed throughout ir foreground, lose nothing of their effect in the hands of 1 7_ , • Bromley. The back-ground represent s a fine pictu tlzer-ciii9 sylvan scene, such as abounds in the neighbourhood i Windsor Forest. The little cottages peeping here and ...:re among the trees, and the gleaming water barely vi ibl e trot in th e remote distance, hale all the freshness and th e 11 o.ft nature--as much so as if W ouvermans had been artis. COU LAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—'Phis afternoon her Majesty rodo in the Park on horseback, attended by her Royal suite. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a pony phaeton, accompanied by Lady Mary Stopford. Lord Falkland arrived at the Castle last night. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians and suite are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening. The following personages will form the Royal dinner party : —The King and Queen ef the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, Lady Portman, Lady Mary Stopford, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen of the Belgians, Prince Schwarzenburgh, Prince Windish Gratz, Viscount Melbourne, the Hon. the Misses Pitt and Murray, Viscountess Forbes. M. Van do Weyer, C oun t D'Atschot, Count Erdody, Viscount Torrington, Lieut.-Gen. Goblet and Lieut.-Gen. Daviech, Aides-de-Camp t o hi s M a . jesty ; M. Van Praet, the Hon. Col. Cavendish, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. Viscount Palmerston and the Earl of Albe marle are also expected. Lord Holland left Holland House, Kensington, yesterday for Paris. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in Dublin from his seat, Bowood Park, Wiltshire. Mr. Colquhoun had an interview yesterday with Lord Pal merston. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chancel lor of the Exchequer's Office in Dovvning-strcet. Lord Holland visited Lord Palmerston yesterday at the Fo reign Department. The Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson has arrived at Edin burgh from Glasgow. The Viceroy from the Imaum of Muscat, and the Switzer land, Neapolitan, and Russian Ambassadors, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign Department. The American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson have been passing a few days at Whitlington Hall, Burton, Westmore land, the seat of Thomas Greene, Esq., ; whence they go to Edinburgh. A Deputation, headed by Mr. Fowell Buxton, had an inter.. view with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the India Board for Lord Auckland. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Depart. mcnt from the British Charge d'Affaires at Nladrid and at Lisbon. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign De partment for the British Ministers resident at the Courts of Switzerland, Greece, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS- Mr. and Miss Sawbridge, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Kent ; Scudimore, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; O'Shea, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; J. Ward, Esq., and Mrs. Ward, at ditto, from Waterham ; J. Wilson and Miss Wilson, at ditto, from Leeds ; Mrs. W. W. Brown, at ditto, from Worthing. DEPARTURES. Miss Winn, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish.. square, for the Continent; James Bennett, Esq., from ditto, for Gloucester ; Rev. M. Drake, from ditto, for Dover ; Senhouse, Esq., from ditto. The Earl and Countess of Manvers and the Ladies Pierrepont are among the nobility residing at Ryde, Isle of Wight. This noble family occupy Leven House. The Earl of Minto has joined his Countess and family at the family seat, Minto Castle, Roxburghshire. The Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of Riahmond, and a large party, have been making great havoc among the mountain game at Blackwater. The Earl of Listowel has been appointed Vice- Admiral of the province of Munster. The Earl and Countess of Surrey and family intend sojourning some weeks at their delightful marine residence at Littlehampton. Lord Fitzalan is at present making a tour on the Continent. The Brownlow family are expected in town in ten days. The health of the Countess being delicate, the Noble Earl will accompany her Ladyship to Nice, where they in tend passing the winter. DOVER, SEPTEMBER s.—The Widgeon packet, Captain Hamilton, arrived here thi s morn i ng , a f ter land i ng the King of the Belgians at Ramsgate last evening, at half past eight ; Captain Smithette, of the Ariel, accompanied Captain Hamilton. Her Majesty's frigate Pique, Captain Boxer, from Portsmouth, passed here this morning, for Sheer ness, to take on board the Marquis of Clanricarde, who is ap pointed Ambassador to Russia. LEAMINGTON SPA, SEPT. 4.—ViSCOuntess East nor and the Hon. Miss Cocks have arrived at Victoria Cottage for the season. The Countess of Blessington and Count D'Orsay have taken their departure for Clifton. Lady Mil banke has left for Durham. Lady Campbell has arrived at Coverdal's Villa. Viscount and Viscountess Newark, Viscoun tess Fitzbarris, and Lady A. St. Maur are still sojourning at this delightful Spa. • Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Oldenburg, attended by Count Tolstoy, are making an extensive tour in Yorkshire and the north. Their Serene Highnesses will be present at the Doncaster Races, apart ments having been taken for them at Doncaster. The Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Clinton have arrived at the family seat, Hafod, near Aberistwyth, North Wales, where his Grace and family will stay for a few weeks, and then leave for Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, where a select party will assemble. The Earl of Mansfield will entertain a distinguished party next month at the ancient palace of Scone in Perthshire. The Earl and Countess, and the Ladies Elizabeth, Geor giana, Caroline, George, and Emily Murray, arrived at the family seat on Saturday last, having made a detour on their way from Caen Wood, Hampstead, to pay visits. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are entertaining a numerous and distinguished party at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough, Wilts. Lord and Lady John Russell are to leave the Isle of Wight to-morrow for their mansion at Brighton, where his Lordship and family intend staying for several weeks. DRAYTON MANOR.—Sir Robert Peel's shooting party consists of the Marquis of Salisbury, who arrived from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Longshawe Lodge, where Sir Robert was also one of the guests; Lord Forester, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Lord Begot, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Colonel Peel, and Mr. George Dawson. DOVER, SEPT. 3.—This salubrious autumnal re sort of rank and wealth is filling very fast ; and from the numerous arrivals from, and departures for, the Continent, is daily the scene of bustle. On Thursday last his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Porte, inspected the harbour, and returned to Walmer Castle in the evening. A grand ball is announced at the Assembly Rooms for to-morrow evening, under the patronage of the officers of the garrison. Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and the Hon. Miss Somerset arrived this afternoon at their mansion on the Marine-parade.. The Duke of Marlborough has arrived, and occupies a mansion on Waterloo-crescent. The Earl and Countess of Verulam and their family are ex pected the latter end of this month at their man sion on Waterloo-crescent, from their seat, Gorhambury, Herts. The Countess Craven and infant are expected to ac company the Noble Earl and Countess. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Sir Charles Coote, Bart., M. P., Lady Coote and family, Sir John Lambert, Lord Monson, Count Valencia, &c., have embarked for the Continent within the last few days. It is rumoured that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will again reside here for a short period, but nothing positive is yet known. Lady Follett and family occupy a mansion on Waterloo-crescent. The Marquis of Drogheda, Lady Howard, Sir Arthur and Lady Paget, General Pereira, Lady Mary Moore, and a large circle of fa shionables are at present sojourning here. Mrs. Otway Cave and family have arrived at the Hotel du Rhin, Place Vendome, en route to Italy. We understand that among other Noble families who are expected to pass next autumn in Paris may be num bered those of Lords Holland and Carlisle. The members of the Yacht Club are about to place a full-length portrait of their Commodore and founder, Lord Yarborough, by an eminent artist, in their Club-room at Cowes. Mr. Wheaton, Envoy of the United States at the Court of Berlin, had the honour of being received by their Majesties the King and Queen of Prussia, on Friday evening last. A correspondent at Berne informs us that his Ex cellency Lord Granville and family left Aix, in Savoy, about the middle of last month, and after having been joined by the Duke of Devonshire, has visited Berne, and has proceeded to Thun to spend a few days in that charming little place, situated on one of the most beautiful lakes, and within an easy distance of the best scenery of the Bernese Oberland. His Excellency is expected in Paris in about a fortnight's time. Madame Grisi has been elected an Honorary Life Governor of Westminster Hospital, for having contributed her valuable gratuitous services in the cause of that charity. Mr. Planche, the dramatic author, has accepted the office of manager of the Olympic for the ensuing season. Mrs. Nisbett. who is at present on a starring tour at New.. castle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, and Leeds, has been engaged on her own terms as principal actress. Farren, Keeley, and Mrs. Orger, have been likewise engaged by the new manager. M. Marzano has announced in the Venice Journals that in investigating the archives of the city of Bologna he has discovered that the far-famed Maid of Orleans was of the an cient family of Ghislieri, of that city, and was, in fact, the daughter of the celebrated Ferrante Ghislicri, who was obliged to fly from Bologna in 1401, when John Bentivoglia usurped the sovereign power of that republic. The Venice Gazette of the 14th ult. publishes the documents produced by M. Mar zano in support of his opinions. The average number of deaths registered in Brighton during the past year has proved to be 18 in 1,000. Consump tion was the most general disease, owing to persons in a con sumptive state being sent hither from all parts as a last faint hope of recovery._Brighton Guardian. We are glad to learn that the London Anti-Corn law Association is about to take advantage of the general ex citement which now prevails against the Corn-laws, by recom mencing t h e i r operations with great vigour. Mr. Grote, we understand, has consented to act as Treasurer to the Assoc's urier. RAMSGATE-WEDNESDAY. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1838. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. t wat his lesl their benefiteirntihn climacteric evening and no df theßarnes," h humour. mwpoiuulpublic, r thee:i The Nestor l --- hhroee mmvieshmiet eb o . reh f sra p os tafhsneotodma theatresi oftenym s e when wht delightedoeh o no k his t ahri es past prince of pantaloons, in conjunction with the celebrated " Joey" alias " Grimaldi," kept the town in roars of laughter night after night during the long winters of the bygone time. The performances were in themselves yesterday evening suf.- ficiently attractive to insure .a good house; but public sym pathy for an old and hard-working servant secured an over flow. This is as it should be. The bumper of last night will cheer the declining years of the veteran pantomimist, and enable him, in some measure, to look back with satisfaction on his former achievements. He will find his old friends have not forgotten him, and that though no longer, from age and infirmity, able to cause a laugh, he is still respected for what he has been. Mr. Barnes did riot himself perform last night; he was led on the stage by Wieland and Ellar ; he ap peared much affected, and bowed with great feeling to the tremendous cheering of the spectators, He was then placed in a chair in the centre of the stage, while all the pantomimic characters-16 in number, filled by the principal pantomimists of the metropolitan theatres—harlequins . , clowns, pantaloons, columbines, &c., took their leave of him with appropriate ges ticulation and dumb show. The scene, though grotesque, was not without some sentimental feeling, and many of the audience sympathized in the apparent break up and decay of their old favourite. Mr. Ducrow, in the course of the even ing, appeared in Raphael's Dream. Mr. Foster, the trea surer of the theatre, played Raphael. Mr.. Cooper pl a y e d i n Turning the T a bles ; M rs . Fit zw illi am in the Middy Ashore, &c. The farewell address was delivered by Mr. Leman Rede: the words were his own, and he spoke with great feel ing and effect. It was received with reserved applause. Thus has terminated the almost last remains of the legitimate dy nasty of pantomime. The following is the Address delivered by the Author, Leman Rede Who has not felt, as years and cares crept on, (When childhood's laughing hours are faded, gone,) Mem'ry turn back, with longing lingering gaze, To Christmas revels and to boyhood's days ? Cast back your thoughts to twenty years ago, (I don't expect that ladies can do so,) Have you no visions of a Parker's grace, Bologna's elegance, Grimaldi's face, And mid that merry throng in life's gay noon, Of Barnes, the lean and slipper'd Pantaloon ? Ye knew him then, and by each radiant brow That smiles around me, he's remembered now. Your presence proves your mem'ry and his worth ! And ye, the fairer portion of the earth, And younger spirits, hearing in his name But the faint echo of a by-gone fame—_ Gazed ye with joy upon the sable sprite Who woke your laughter and applause to-night? Think, as you linger o'er that fairy scene, What WIELAND is—poor BARNES may once have been. Turn and behold that creature lying low, A silent sufferer—in want—in woe. Shall he who woke your childhood's laughter, live, Wanting the succour that your hands can give? As ye, young hearts, which no such memories haunt, Tho ye knew not his merits—feel his want; Together cheer the couch of age and pain, And bid the grief-struck mourner smile again ; Or oh if tears must still that cheek bedew, Ltt them —they're tears of gratitude to you. Ye are not feebly thank'd by him alone, For his heart's joy is echoed by your own; The charity by which that lorn one lives Blesses alike both him who takes and gives; His heartfelt prayer he offers up for you, Props of his age, fieav'n bless you! and adieu! ARRIVAL OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. Information having been received here on the morning of Monday, the 3d, that their Majesties intended again to honour this town on the following day, by disembarking from Ostend, no time was lost in sending a requisition to the Deputy to call an " early meeting of the inhabitants, to consider what steps should be taken on the occasion, in order that the Royal visi tors might be received with due respect. A public meeting accordingly took place on the same after noon, when it was resolved that an Address should ba pre pared, and that their Majesties should be received on landing by a deputation of the inhabitants and visitors nominated for the purpose. The Address having been prepared by the Committee, Sir WUliani Curtis was requested to make arrangements with M. Van Der Weyer, the Belgian Minister, as to the time, &c. when their Majesties would be pleased to receive the Address. It having been understood that the King and Queen would leave Ostend yesterday morning, ab out ten, their arrival was expected shortly after four o'clock. Long before that hour the town and pier presented a most animated scene. All the vessels in the harbour were gaily decorated with flags. The Consulates exhibited the colours of the various nations which they represented, and the Belgian ensign waved at the Albion Hotel, and other houses. Lord Torrington arrived from Windsor Castle in the morming with one of her Majesty's carriages, and M. Van Der Weyer was in readiness to receive his Royal master. The trustees of the harbour had placed a barrier across the East pier, near the landing steps, in order to secure the end of the pier from general use, to which the deputation (who were to receive the Royal visitors) and several ladies and gen tlemen, were admitted by tickets. From four till six o'clock there was an accession of visitors, when the general coup d' cell was of a most animating description. In the group of rank and fashion before the bar assembled to welcome the Royal strangers on their arrival, we noticed her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester (wh o is residing at West Cliff, near Ramsgate), his Excellency M. Van Der Weyer, Lady Augusta Baring, Lord Torring ton, Sir William and Lady Curtis and family, Sir P. Acland, Bart., &c. &c. The Duke of Wellington arrived from Weimer Castle, and was most cordially and respectfully greeted ; but as the vessel was not in sight at seven o'clock, the expectant multitude gradually deserted the pier, thinking it most pro bable their Majesties would not arrive till the following day. The Duke of Wellington honoured Sir W. Curtis with his company to dinner at Cliff House. About eight o'clock a most pitiless pelting storm, accompa nied with vivid flashes of lightning, drove the lingerers on the pier to take speedy shelter. As the weather cleared a steam-vessel was seen at a dis- tance making her way towards the harbour. It was soon ascertained that this was the Widgeon, steam mail packet, Captain Hamilton, of Dover, in which their Majesties were expected to arrive. A salute was fired from Sir W. Curtis' yacht, as the Widgeon entered the harbour. It had been. previously arranged that a double royal salute of 42 guns should be given from the pier, bad their Majesties entered earlier, but their late arrrival pre vented this. The King and Queen were received at the landing steps at the east pier-bead by the Duke of Wellington, M. Van Der Weyer, Sir William Curtis, and the deputation, and by Mr. Hodges, Belgian Consul, who escorted their Majesties to the Albion Hotel. One of the carriages of our Queen, and one of Sir W. Curtis, were in readiness to convey their Majesties, but they preferred walking. The TVidgeon left Ostend at two o'clock, and made her passage in less than seven hours. She bore the Belgic flag and British standard. Notwithstanding the unexpected arrival at that late hour, 9 o'clock, and the previous showers, the pier and street were densely thronged, and the Royal party made their way to the Albion Hotel amidst deafening cheers. Shortly after the arrival of their M a j es ti es a t th e Albi on H o t e l, t h e deputation was summoned to the Assembly-rooms where they were ushered into the Royal presence, and received a most gra cious reception, when the following address was read by Sir William Curtis " We, the inhabitants and visitors of Ramsgate, St. Lau rence, and its vicinity, beg leave most respectfully to approach your Majesties with sentiments of gratitude for the honour again conferred upon us by selecting the Royal harbour of Ramsgate as the place of debarkation. " We offer our fervent wishes for the health and prosperity of your Majesties and of your illustrious progeny, as well as for the welfare of the nation over whose destinies your Ma jesties by divine Providence have been placed." The King replied to the following effect : " Gentlemen—The Queen and myself are very grateful for your kindness and attention to us on this and many other oc casions. " I hope to be able to pay visits to the Queen, my niece, occasionally—that is, as often as I can ; and from the attention I have received, I shall ever esteem the people of Ramsgate. I have always felt an interest in their welfare, and shall have much pleasure in selecting this port on my future visits to England." Their Majesties looked very well after the voyage. The King expressed himself much gratified at the public attention and respect shown him at Ramsgate, and entered into conver sation with several members of the deputation with much con descension. After a short time the Queen retired and the Committee withdrew. The King and Queen dined alone. dined together at the Albion Hotel. This morning ( Wednesday) at half-past six a salute of 42 guns was given from the Harbour, and at 8 o'clock the Royal party left us to:. Windsor in six carriages and four. We regret to say that a serious accident occurred this morning to one of the pier -men employed at the guns during the firing. A man named Kemp, carrying a cartridge for one of the guns, went by mistake to a cannon about to be fired, when his car tridge exploded, and his face and arm were dreadfully injured. His arm was immediately amputated. The King sent the poor man five pounds on hearing of the accident. The Royal suite, &c., THE CORN CROPS. (LATEST NEWS.) SCOTLAND.—September thus far is promising, and should the future in aught resemble the present, the hills and moors, however late, will assist in cheapening the peck of meal, what_ ever may be the price of the quartern loaf. In our last we announced the commencement of harvest, and it would be easy to swell the list of places in which grain was cut in the beginning and middle of last week, and will be led before the present is out. To Mr. Fraser we assigned priority in cutting oats ; but we have learnt since that Mr. Connell, of Conheath commenced reaping on the same day an inclosure extending to twenty acres. Mr. Laurie, Mr. Smith, Mr. Anderson, Sherrington, and various others, followed on Thursday ; and it would be easy to name farmers in Carlaverock, Kirkmahoe, Closeburn, Kier, and, in short, all the early parishes, who will now have constant shearing. We particularly direct attention to Mr. Lawrie's splendid oats, near the toll-bar, which every friend to agriculture should visit. —Dumfries Courier of last Wednesday. _ _ Every day has been fine, since our last, for the harvest, and a great deal of corn has been carried in excellent condition; there are still a few thin pieces of wheat standing and a few opts, but generally speaking everything will be in at the end of this week, should the fine weather continue. The second cut clover has been stacked in very good order, but the crop is short.ft The rape and turnips do not grow at all, in conse quence of the very dry weather; and the grass is completely dried up. The fallow s in the Weald are cleaner and more pulverised than they have been for some years. —Brighton Gazette of this morning. In Kent most of the wheat has been carried, and generally the produce has been equal to that of an average crop. IRELAND.— Still the weather continues as favourable as could be desired, and considerable progress has been made in harvest operations in three out of the four provinces. From all parts of the country the accounts are exceedinly gratify ing ; and, although wheat, especially in heavy sots, had suf fered during the first three weeks of the past month, the pre sent dry and genial weather has restored the healthy appearance of the crops, and there is now a fair promise of an abundant harvest. The only exception is wheat, which will be a short crop, and indifferent in quality in many places; but, generally speaking, even wheat will yield a pretty fair average; and we learn with great pleasure that this most important portion ?f the crops is likely to reach the granary in much better condi tion than had been apprehended. With respect to oats and barley, there will be a full average, and of potatoes there will be as abundant a crop as has been witnessed for several years. So far, then, with respect to this country, the prospects are most encouraging. Indeed, another week of fine weather would be sufficient to secure the bulk of the harvest.—Dublin Evening Post of last Tuesday_ Mr. Yates, the Director of the Adelphi Theatre, left Paris on Saturday night, taking with him a signed engage ment with the celebrated Bayaderes, having carried off the prize from the Directors of nearly all the theatres in London and Paris, who were in the field against him. He is, however, under an engagement to return with them to Paris for the months of January and February, for which he is secured the large sum of 4,oool.—Courier. Yesterday evening the Sophia, of Plymouth, Cap tain Nicholas Massey, master, from Teneriffe, bound to Lon don, with a cargo of wines, put into Newhaven Harbour, in consequence of the alarming illness of the captain, who was seized with delirium tremens, brought on by excessive drink ing. He raved incessantly for some time, and it was with dif ficulty that he was prevented from throwing himself overboard. He died in the course of the evening, and this morning, when our informant left Newhaven, a coroner's inquest was then sitting. On Monday night, during the performance at the Surrey Theatre, a serious accident occurred. Two men who had paid for their admission to the gallery in the course of the first piese began to quarrel. The theatre at the time was much crowded. It appears that the windows at the back of the gallery, which faces the road, are removed previously to the performance, and dead-lights placed in the frames, whic h are barred across. The men alluded to commenced fighting at the back, and during the struggle the bars gave way, and both were precipitated from the window on to the port►co, a considerable distance, nearly half the height of the theatre. The circumstance created a great sensation. One of the men was found on examination to have fractured several limbs, and to have received other injuries; be was immediately removed to Guy's Hospital, where he remains in a precarious condition. The other man was seriously injured. Both were in liquor at the time. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new comedy by Buckstone, called A Lesson for Ladies, was produced last night. The plot is as follows :—M. St. Val (Walter Lacy) is enamoured of Julie (Miss Taylor), daughter-in-law of the Countess de Clairville (Mrs. Glover), to whom she advises him to pay court, to secure his position in the family. St. Val follows this advice too closely, and pays such great attention to the Countess that Julie becomes seriously jealous, and writes him a letter, appointing a meet ing, that he may explain his real views. She delivers the letter to Mathieu (Buckstone), the gardener's boy, who, desirous of gain, shows it to the Countess, and the latter, likewise doubtful of St. Val's attentions, endeavours by means of forged letters to bring about a meeting between him and Julie in the park behind her garden, where she may listen from her own gate. Mathieu, not having very clear directions, gives the letter to Gibelotte (Webster), a country gentleman, who is also enamoured of Julie, and who, though secretly married to a girl of humble station, is determined to get a divorce. He attends the meeting, when Julie, from mo tives of delicacy, will not suffer him to approach her in the dark, but he is made to sit down on a chair at one side of the stage, while she sits on one at the other. Thus they never distinctly see each other's figures; and communication is carried on by means of Barbara (11Irs. Fitzwilliam), a servant, who keeps running from the gentleman to the lady. In the course of conversation Gibelotte confesses his secret marriage, to the horror of the listening Countess and her daughter, both of whom suppose him to be St. Val, Julie taking for granted that the mysterious bride is her mother-in-law,. When St. Val calls on the following morning a series of the most com plicated misunderstandings take place, all of which are ex ceedingly well managed, and at last everything is explained and St. Val marries Julie. The construction of this piece is of the mast elaborate and difficult character; the situations quite c h n a o r v a e c l t , e a r n o d r it e i v s en on act th i e n s g e , th f a o t r, th th e o w ug h h ole th d e ep ep n e d r f s o rather thanar a re on were of the first class, their abilities were scarcely called for ward,ent and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, whose mock bra vura spirit and judgment, danced th e verses of which she a burlesque unless we except Miss Taylor , who displayed the greatest (between cachoucha) was perhap s the best thin g ever d o ne of the kind; i • of Grisi's tragic style was exquisitely humorous. Buckstone anno unced the piece for repetition amidst loud her imitation applause. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTER. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John 7to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon-4 t o 1 t a k en 8 to 1 agst M r. Parkins'sLanercost—take n 11 to 1 agst L ord G. Bentinek's Grey Alomus—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham —taken 13 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Al z i ra. 17 to 1 agst M r. Bowes s Appleton Lad 18 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle 20 to 1 agst 111 r. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps ,t.w:oanydrs otwldie;e7l6tsib,sB:ste.x4tlrba.; STOCKTON RACES....._s4 TURDAY. 4 fo lb r Matches excepted. T. Y. C. 6 Subs. Mr. Smith's Sr. f. by Voltaire Cartwright 1 I's b. c. Cleanthes Sweepstakesand6iiies, s o s f t l . 0 s l o v v i s n . n e e a r c s, h, on p e . pe.: Mr. Attwood's Mr. Robarts's br. c. by Phsician Mr. Wilkins 's b. c. Clem o' the Clough .............................. 4 Mr. Simpson's br. f• Vexation 5 Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for hunters bona fide the property of Gentlemen .esiding within fourteen miles of Stockton. The second saves his stake. Gentlemen riders AA rr.. Heats, W takri ii o r,s n go e ,ns m ,se l i mile .m a ni.nd.abyCaroline , sSenator, n a distance. tt ry: aged, S e,ds u t, b . s i :2. s. .. .. . S. ....................... 21 . Mr. Scott'q eh. h. Amato, aged , 12st ....................... . .................... 2 WARWICK RACES.l—Tyr:mi x% The Guy Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 12 Subs. for thre e years 01011 . Milo Course. Mr. Bristow's b. f. Balloon, Bst. llb ........................ Chapple 1 Mr. Mott's eh. c. Lustre, ............................. 2 The Leamington Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if de clared, &c. , w ith 100 sovs. added b y the town of Leami ng t on . Two mile course. 29 Subs., 13 of whom declared. Mr. Meiklem's b. f. Modesty, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b ...............Lye 1 Mr. Fowler's br. c. Heron, 5 yrs, Bst. 91b ...................... 2 The following also sta rted, but were not placed :—Mr. Osbal deston's b. c. Mahometan, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b. ; Captain Lamb's ch. c. C 3, 11 , i , t 5 - s C t. ha 2 t l , b 4 ; y a r n s d , I% B l s r t . . C 2 o lb ll ; ins ll n lr. a. b T . . h Co . T le h m e a o n' yhs iibu.s,ha.gCettlm7sutc.k6,lbs. Won by half a head. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Heats, the tv. o mile course. Mr. Tomes's gr. g. Isaac, aged, 9st. 101 b Darling 1 1 Captain Lamb's br. c. by Falcon, 4 yrs, Bst. I lib ........ ... 2 dr The Yeomanry Plate of 50 sovs., and 10 to the second. Two mile course. Mr. T. Col eman ' s b . g. The Monarch, 12st ...Capt. Chetwynd I Mr. W. Stanley's ch. m. Genevieve, aged, 12st The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Lucas's b. m. Maria, 4 yrs, 12st. ; Mr. W. Percock's b. g. Young Vivian, 4 yrs, 12st ; Mr. I'. Hadleigh's b. g. Mazeppa, 6 yrs, 12st. ; Mr. R. Holloway's br. h. Sir Isaac, aged, 13st. 71b. ; Mr. J. Newman's b. g. Doubtful, aged, I3st. 71b. ; and Mr. J. Watson' s Moonraker, aged, 12 s t. W on by about half a length. BETTING AT WARWICK ON THE ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John 7to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon-4 to 1 taken to I agst Mr. P ar ki ns ' s L anercost—taken 12 to agst Lord G. 13entinck's Grey Momus- r taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham 12 to 1 agst D u k e of Cleveland ' s Alzira 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—taken freely - _ adame Grisi and a host of talent, musical and instrumental, are engaged for the Gloucester Musical Festival, which commences on Tuesday next. The Lincoln Gazette states that the landlord of the second inn in the city has absconded, and that his re-appearance was most anxiously desired by a large number of his suffering neighbours. On Tuesday an inquest was held in the Kingsland road on the body of Ann Burch, aged 36 years, which was found floating in the Regent's Canal on Monday morning. Thomas Burch, the husband of the deceased, stated that, ow ing to the drunken and profligate conduct of the deceased, be was compelled to part from her in June last, but procured a lodging for her. She was so addicted to the love of drink that she frequently went out respectably dressed and returned with scarcely a rag upon her. On Sunday morning she came to his residence in a deplorable state, and he went to the work house and procured an order to have her taken in there. On Monday morning, on his going to the workhouse to give the order for the admission of deceased, he was informed that a few minutes before the body of a woman had been taken in, it having been found drowned in the Regent's Canal. He went to view the body, and at once recognised it to be that of his wife. The Coroner and jury had no doubt the deceased had destroyed h erself, but there being no evidence of the fact, they returned a verdict of " Found drowned." CHARGES OF LUNACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ESTEEMED Sta,—To illustrate the unnatural facilities for imprisoning persons under the charge of insanity, which cannot be too much exposed, too strongly deprecated, or too effectually or speedily put an end t0,.1 will now, from a number of cases within my knowledge, state one.—A conscientious, able, and respectable medical gentleman, who resides near a Public Lunatic Asylum, and being so is not unfrequently sent for by the superintending officer in cises where the opinion of a medical gentleman unconnected with the Asylum is required. On one of such occasions, the medical gentleman referred to was told a female had been confined in a private house for a time, and in the place she then was, for nearly a year, and that it was the intention of her husband to remove her (to meet the rules of the public Establishment) to another Lunatic Asylum for a time, and then bring her back again! The medical gentleman, as his practice was, felt no prejudice in respect to the female's state, in consequence of her being where she was, but was determined to decide correctly, regardless of what others might have done ; lie was, however, at the com mencement, considerably annoyed by the keeper or nurse, who with much apparent anxiety wanted to impress upon his mind that the patient was very dangerous and cunning ; this he soon got rid of by compelling her to leave the apart ment, and then, alone with the patient, proceeded to calm her mind, which after a reasonable time had elapsed he suc ceeded in doing. In an appropriate conversation which then took place, the medical gentleman gradually induced the female to state why she had been and was confined, which (as might have been expected) she with much re luctance and timidity did. The statement (which was found too true on inquiry elsewhere) was as follows—That her husband had her confined to enable him to enjoy some property of her's, and at the same time to cohabit with an other woman, by whom, during the confinement of his wife, he had a child ! The medical gentleman assured her that from thence she should be freed from such inhuman treat ment, and took down, under her dictation, the particulars of her case, and the residences of the nearest friends she had living, who were at a great distance. After fully sa tisfying his judgment and conscience, the medical gentleman signed a certificate of the female's perfect soundness of mind, and requested the superintendent of the establish ment not to allow her to be removed until her friends could be brought up from the country to take her under their charge. The husband abused him, said he would soon get a certificate of her insanity, went away to do so, and in a short time returned with one in his pocket from a petty fellow of an apothecary living at a distance. The medical gentleman threatened the husband and his accommodating apothecary, wrote to the female's friends, and eventually had the pleasure of placing her and her property under the safe care of her friends. Morality, decency, reckless inhu inanity, public charity—shall these be in union ? I am, esteemed Sir, yours respectfully, HUMANITY. CORN LAWS. A WORD ON THE AVERAGES. The different kinds of new wheat sold in Mark-lane at be.. tween 60s. and 745., the average of which is 675. ; but the average which regulates the duty for the same week was 71s. 11d., or 4s. lid. higher than the farmers received. Next week the six weeks' average will undoubtedly be higher; but in the London and country markets corn is falling in value : so that the difference between the price at which the farmer sells and the average which determines the duty will be much greater next week than last week. The plain and palpable fact there fore is, that the averages on which the duty is calculated . are very consid era bly hi g h er ( even w i t h out ta ki ng i nto considera tion the two or three hands through which the farmer's corn sometimes goes before it is sold in the public markets) than the prices which the farmer actually receives for his corn. Now when the farmer recollects that the scale in its upper se ries takes long steps,—the duty being at 735., ls. ; at 725., 2s, Bd. ; at 715., 6s. Bd. ; at 705., 103. Bd. ; ho will at once perceive the immense important to him, so far as he calcu lates on receiving what he calls a protecting duty proportional to the price at which he sells his corn, of this difference be tween that price and the averages on which the duty is calcu lated. He must see that for him the averages arc a delusive humbug. Moreover, the duty is calculated by the average of all the kinds of wheat brought to market, which enhances the average far beyond the real price at which all inferior wheats are sold, and of course lets foreign corn in at a rate of duty calculated on an average far higher than the farmer actually receives for inferior wheat. For example, the price of new red Essex wheat was from 60s. to 65v. ; but the duty is calculated on the price of superfine wheats which sold at 755. as well as on the inferior wheats which sold at 655. Those who grow the inferior wheats however, look for what they call a protecting duty correspond ing to the price of their own commodity ; but the fact is that they receive such duty as corresponds to the average price of all kinds of wheat. That is one way in which all the growers of inferior wheat in the kingdom (we know not the proportion they may amount to) are humbugged. It should be observed also that this principle operates very adversely to those whose corn, from being imperfectly grown, fetches a low price. Their so-called protecting duty is calculated, not by what they actually sell their bad corn for, but by an average of what all the corn is sold for including the very best. Tho law is so kindly drawn up that when a farmer meets a misfortune or is obliged to grow inferior wheats, it knock s him down. If the speculator may bless, the farmer may curse the—for him— cheating Corn Laws.—Brighton Guardian. -------- - JUSTICE TO IRELAND.---Th e following definition of justice to Ireland is gravely given by an Irish Journalist It is not justice to Ireland (says the Pilot), to grant to Great Britain four millions of money from the common taxes for tho furtherance of public works, and, during the same time, but 200,0001. to Ireland ! It is not justice to Ireland to make a present of 200,0001. to the merchants of London to re-build their Exchange—a building of me., e ornaments remember— and refuse to Ireland as much to commence some railway. It is not justice to Ireland to lend 200,000/. more to the Tunnel under the Thames Company (who are they? and what's their security?) and let Ireland off with some paltry 60,0001. or 70,0001. for her public works." The first representation of a new opera, in three acts, by Lindpainter, entitled Die Iliac& des Leides (the Power of Music), at Weimar, has met with great success. A petit opera, in one act, of Henri Rotsch, Die Entfuhrunq in Duplo (the Double Elopement), has been equally well re ceived, and is likely to become popular. A few days since a paragraph appeared in the papers of the sudden disappearance of a young lady from the residence of her grandmother at Camberwell, and that a re ward of 101. had been offered for her recovery. No tidings were obtained of her until Tuesday, when she was brought home by a gentleman. It appeared that, on the day following her disappearance, an advertisement describing her dress and person appeared in the papers, and was seen by the gentleman in question. On Sunday, having occasion to proceed from Deal to Dover, he got upon one of the coaches, when he saw a lady whom he believed to be the female in question. He entered into conversation with her, and finding that his opinion was correct, at length persuaded her to place herself under his protection, which she did, and he then conveyed her to her friends. The motive assigned by the young lady for the step she had taken was, that she considered her grand mother had slighted her. She stated that she had intended to go to Paris and endeavour to obtain a situation as an English Governess. Oft Friday, the 24th of August, information having been brought to Major Wilde that a woman named Mary Anne Brown had been cruelly treated by a man named John Sharp, and was lying at Hetherington's public-house, Wheelbarrow-hall, in a dangerous state, the worthy Magis trate proceeded thither, and took her evidence in the pre. mace of the accused Sharp. From the statement of the woman, it appears that she is the wife of Thomas Brown, a blacksmith, living at ll , ihwhistle. She had been at Car lisle on Wednesday, the 22d, and left that city on the even ing with the intention of proceeding to Warwick. Wh en s h e arrived at Wheelbarrow-hall she went into Forster's public house and had some bread and cheese and ale, and on leaving there, as it was raining heavily, she went into Hetherington'a public-house, where she had more drink, and remained till about half-past one, when she left. A short time before she went out the prisoner, John Sharp, and a man named John Norman, left Hetherington's to go to their lodgings, for they lodged together. She met a man named G ra h am, who " set her" a bit on the road to Warwick, and whilst they were toge ther she observed Sharp cross the path. Shortly after Gra: ham left her Sharp came up and attempted to be familiar with her. She resisted, and he then knocked her down and beat her until she became too we a k to offer resistance longer. She got back to Hetherington's about four o'clock in the morning, and then presented a shocking spectacle, being covered with blood, which proceed e d f rom some severe wounds on the head. Medical assistance was procured, and her wounds were dressed. She stated that Sharp had ill-used her, and he was in consequence apprehended. She has not been able to leave her bed yet, and therefore no further evidence has been taken. It is feared that the woman will lose the sight of one of her eyes. Sharp is remanded for further examination ; he is a powerful young man, about 21 years of age.—Carlisle Paper. CAVIGLI A, THE ANTIQUARY.—We had him to breakfast two or three days at Cairo, and I had had a long confab with him before that. Living, as he has done, so so litary, I should rather say, in such society as that of the old Pharaohs of Egypt, their pyramids his home, and that strange enigma of a sphinx his fellow-watcher at their feet, he has become, to use his own expression, " tout-a-fait pyrami &le," in dress, feature, manner, thought, and language. We are told that in Ceylon there are insects that take the shape and colour of the branch or leaf they feed upon. Caviglia seems to partake o f th e i r nature, he is really assimilating to a pyramid. His history is very curious : "As a young man," he told us this evening, " je lisais Voltaire, Jean Jacques, Di derot —et je me croyais philosophe"—he came to Egypt—the Pyramids, Moses, and the Holy Scriptures, converted him, " et maintenant," said he, "je suis tout Biblique."—Lord Lindsay's Letters on Egypt. FRESH -WATER TURBOT.—On Thursday last the fishermen at one of Lord Gray's fishin ~ stations, down the river, took ashore in their net a large turbot, weighing i lhs. At this p art o f t h e river, and for a considerable Way down wards, th e water i s qu i te fresh, even when the ti d e is Perth Courier. IRELAND. ------v----. AGITATION.—In the co!umns of the DuYin Evening Post, last Tuesday, there was account of some proceedings at Lis_ more, in which the Right Hon. H. V. Stuart, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Bushe, Mr. Curry, the Agent of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and several other distinguished individuals took an active part. " These, after all," says the Post, 4 ' are signs of the times, and of some peculiar importance to Irelend at the present moment. The ribaldry and abuse which has been showered upon Mr. O'Connell by my Lord Westmeath, has, it would seem, not had the effect of scaring the highest and wealthiest Protestant landed proprietors of the county of Waterford from assembling,, under the auspices of a reverend and excellent divine of the Roman Catholic Church, to pay a marked and deserved compliment to the learned gentleman." TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT'S TOUR.—His Excellency's pro gress continues to be marked by every possible mei k of popu lar regard. He embarked at Kilrush on Wednesday in the Hamilton, revenue -cutter, Lieutenant Triphook, R. N., and sailed for Cahircon, the beautiful residence of John B. Scott. Esq., accompanied by the Knight of Glin, who had tendered the use of his yacht, the Reinvilla, for the vice regal party. The Dublin Evening Post denies the truth of the foolish fabrication set on foot by the Packet, about the rudeness shown to the Lord Lieutenant, during his frequent res id ence at Bray, by th e gentry o f that neighbourhood. "We assure our readers," says the Post, " that moiling whatever that could give the shadow of foundation to such an invention has ever occurred. This indeed might have been guessed, from the frequent repetitions of his Excellency's visits to that de lightful neighbourhood during the summer, and the intention expressed of again returning to these picturesque scenes, whenever the public duties of his office would allow of his ab sence from Dublin. Verily, with outrage-mongers for the lower classes, and manufacturers of social discourtesy for the gently, the Irish people have reason to be proud of the charac ter given of them by their Tory friends." LONGFORD. —A foolish falsehood, originating, we believe, in the Evening Packet, has been going the rounds of the Papers, to the effect that Colonel Henry White had resolved to resign the representation of Longford, and that the Gallant Colonel is to accept the CLiltren Hundreds at the opening of next Session. There is not a particle of foundation for this figment. Colonel White is not only determined to retain the honour of representing Longford ; but he is perfectly ready_ we can assure the Orangemen in that quarter—to give them another sound drubbing whenever they may afford him an op. portunity.—Dublin Evening Post. Oureews.—And has it come to this, that our friend, Randy Plunkett, who had been so recently engaged in " arousing the dormant energies" of the Orangemen of Dub lin—who organized the Ascociation which bears the well sounding title of the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society —who purchased for them, with his own, or, which is the same thing, some other person's money, the fine house in Dawson street, called the Freemasons' Tavern, and now converted into the base uses of an agitation shop for the Operative Conser vatives—the designation given to the drunken and greasy Corporators of the minor Guilds—can it be possible that the man who thus cut so fine a figure as President of the Dublin Orange Club —who was fixed upon as their future Represen tative —can have become an Outlaw I Startling as it may sound, such is the plain and positive fact. Well, we are sorry for this. But we often warned him at the time. He disre garded our advice, and has been prettily plucked accordingly, thus affording another melancholy illustration of the danger of appearing with a full pocket amongst a faction who have always lived by plunder.—Aid. Tits CARMELITE MON K.—A person, named Laurence Doyle, who was 'supposed to be an accomplice of Carrick, the Monk, in causing the death of a child, named John Touche, upon whose remains a coroner's inquest has been recently held, was taken before the Magistrate sof Arran-quay Police -office yesterday. There being no' direct charge against him, he was discharged upon his own recognisances of 201., to ap pear when called upon. Active search is being made for the Monk, he has as vet eluded the 1 iBilaece of the police—. Dublin Packet. [The Monk will, probably, be found about the same time that scrupulous veracity is found to characterize Orange Papers. A Monk had as little to do with the death of the child as the wretch who made the assertion has with truth.l Th .e Manchester Guardian, in the course of some remarks, the professed object of which is the assertion of the popularity of the present Government, states as its opinion, " that there is far less political organization amongst the po pulation now than there was some twenty years ago," adding, " we are quite sure, that here at least there is a much more general sobriety of views amongst the middle classes than at that time." The Guardian thinks that the Spectator, and the class of Reformers represented by the latter Journal, know nothing " of the actual state and tendency of public opinion in that middle class of society which comprehend the mass of the electoral body." Agitation, and any political excitement whatever, are now, it seems, greatly ont of favour, whilst inno vation, and a " lust of change" being held in abhorrence, are of course condemned by the thick and thin advocate of all the Ministers, and par eminence of Mr. Poulett Thompson, the Baltic blunderer and Trades' Bill botcher. We see in the Manchester Guardian that a Church rate was recently refused at Holinfirth. At a similar meeting to this one, which took place on Friday wrck, an adjournment for twelve months was carried by a large majority. The abolitionists' last Victory gave them a majority of 217. On Sunday the Church clock was stopped, and the bell-ropes removed. • The potatoes shipped from Path arc preferred in England, on account of their mealiness ; the English growers ° lookinm, perh a p s , more to t h e quant i ty than the quality, ac counts for the preference. A short time ago, some labourers who were en gaged quarrying a few stones on the estate of Col. M'Adam, of Craig,engillan, discovered a small quantity of lead ore. Inrsti REAPERS.—The Foyle steamer touched at Greenock on Wednesday afternoon, on her way to Glasgow, with —as one item of Iter.cargo—six hundred and sixty Irish reapers, who had paid for a deck passage before that vessel left Londonderry. As may be supposed, besides the number that would be crammed in the steerage, every inch of room on deck, and the paddle-boxes, were covered with human beings. Fortunately, the weather was fine, otherwise so large a floating population could scarcely hare been expected to complete the distance without some casualty occurring. WILD CATS.—.Mr. Cahill, of \Whiskey Hall, shot on Thursday at Craggwood, in this county, three wild cats of mor.strous size. These strange animals attacked the wood ranger a few days ago, who narrowly escaped with his life ; so disfigured were his features, and so completely exhausted Is as he, that his family did not for a considerable time re. cognise him on being brought home. Mr. Cahill, on bearing the above, came from his residence to rid the neighbourhood of tite cause of so much terror and alarm. In size those wild cats were larger than any terrier.—Limerick Chronicle. • We have just been favoured, by Mr. Haycroft, jun., with a sight of a peach and nectarine growing close together on the same branch. This extraordinary production was sent from the garden of Lord Kingsborough, Mitebelstown Castle. —Cork Standard. RUSSIA AND lIER BONES.—The Emperor Nicholas has published an Ukase forbidding the further ex portation of bones. The Russians are adopting the new manure, and, having tested its virtues, are commanded to keep in the words of the proverb, " their own fish guts to their own sea maws." But the trade of grinding bones to fatten turnips will go on in spite of them. Russia is not all the world; and every one knows the power of British gold in drawing hidden stores to light, the bare existence of which was not even sus pected. In talking over this subject with Mr. Maxwell of Gribton, he suggested one patent mode of correcting defi ciency, should deficiency arise. Our whalers - in visiting the frozen North, leave behind immense magazines of bones, which may yet form a a great article of traffic. Not unfre quently the ships return clean, or only half filled with blubber; then why not complete the stowage widi bones wherever room is left, or deposit them when the ship is otherwise full, in some place of safety for future contingencies. The bones of whales and seals may not be quite so good ah those of land animals; but the difference is not so great as to mar the traffic, should deficiency of the latter threaten marked enhancement of price. The art of manuring is as yet in its infancy; and practical chemistry has revearinents to make in this department which will supply more and more what the Emperor Nicholas is pleased to withhold.—Durnfries Courier. A short time since, a party of whales made their appearance off the shore in the parish of Ug, Stornoway, where seven vessels set out in pursuit of the monsters of the deep, and no less than 41 were captured. One of the boats was upset in the melee, and a man unfortunately drowned.— Glasgow Advertiser. BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.--A few days ago the female hyena at the Zoological Gardens, Liverpool, presented her lord with four fine cubs, this being, we believe, the first in stance on record in which these animals have bred in this country. Several additions have also been made to the mena gerie in other ways, both by gift and purchase. Amongst the purchases may be mentioned a fine male lion (about two-thirds grown) from Capt. Rabot, of the brign N. Dry Dania, from Senegal, and also a beautiful gazelle. The lion, we under sten& was so tame as to follow his master, like a dog, through the streets of Senegal. —Liverpool Standard. Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, as a man in the employment of Mr. C oom b e , o f Bisho psg wheeling a truc k d own Newgate-street, he was coming v ft after struck on the b ac k b y t h e po l e o f an omn ib u s a him. He was th r o wn t o t h e groun d by the force his horses, they had of the shock, and, before th e d r i ver h a d t i me to re i n u p ate-street, violently ly sp be eak ing, already trampled over him. As cated it was found that he had sustained, side of the face and ing, but little injury, except a cut on the some bruises on the body and arms• woman named Robert- Yesterday afternoonpoor soon romhpeacroautilvde S . girl and boy, the eldest eight a n utliwark, went out with a neigh- The kettle was on the fire, and years of age, by themselves. fine little fellow, after placing the kettle on the youngest, a. was in the act of drinking out of it, when Robert son, leavingvi living in Gravel. two i the whole of the boiling water fell pulled it down, and nearly he scalelifig him in a frightful man his chest and body, fell over dangerous state, but not without hopes ner. He lies in a very the bob of the of recovery. . . grate, A cobbler living in Swan-street, Minories, thus pompously announces his calling, " Surg er y p er f orme d h ere upon old boots and shoes, by adding of the feet, making good the legs, binding the broken, healing the wounded, mending the constitution, and supporting the body with new soles. Ad vice gratis by B. Mares." A - prospectus is published of a plan for lighting Calcutta with gas. —East India Magazine. ire, 91. re d 01 s oa ,s; to, {